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I hadn't even considered crash test safety. This in my daily driver with my 10 yo in the backseat. Yeah no thank you.

The thing is I believe in the "trust but verify" method when it involves corporations, especially in this age of engineered obsolescence.

I was thinking that. But then I also realized how would mess with the payload. Right now I have close to 1600 lb because I did not get the FX4 package. If I add a bigger tank and more fuel that will eat into that 1600 lb. That may or may not be worth it, depending on how big I want to go with a...

With me about getting outside confirmation in terms of longevity and someone else's experience with how such a trailer may handle. Simply because my truck can do a thing doesn't mean it might also not turn a 100,000 mile + truck into a 75,000 mile truck, or that the truck will not feel pushed...

Well that's true. On our last long trip, to see the eclipse, my wife and daughter drove separately so the munchkin didn't miss more than 1 day of school and I would wager the 13 lb Rat Terrier that was riding with me (the Coon Hound was with the wife and kid) welcomed the extra break along the way.

I have the OEM trailerbrake controller, the one that hooks in through the third brake light so the collision avoidance and adaptive cruise will trigger the trailer brakes, and I have after market modular tow mirrors. The one annoying factor was the small gas tank, towing a ~5000 lbs Salem FSX...

This post made things click. You can actually have "too much" truck. Frame flex in a trailer can be a product of the tow vehicles suspension being to stiff so that more energy is transmitted into the trailer. Second trucks are designed to brake safely based on their weight. An F-150's 60-0...

Honest question. Since the 2024 "short bed", Supercrew, F150 has a payload of 2445 lbs and 13,100 lbs towing (short bed with tow haul package) why should I feel the need to jump to a F250, unless I am going for a 5th wheel, or a 30+ ft TT? Here I am looking for nothing longer than 28 ft, ever...

Here are some of the best shots, through the filter, in no particular order. If you look really close you can actually see a little solar flare peaking out at 7:00 in the one that's totality. It's that little orange squiggle

Well here was the first long trip to see the eclipse. The Ranger was pulling my Salem FSX 178bhsk. Almost 630 miles round trip, started at 207' of elevation, not sure what my highest was but I did cross over the highest point on I80 East of the Mississippi, @ 2250'. All in all this thing...

I wonder how my '74 Impala Wagon would have towed, I was only in my early 20's, in the mid '90s, when I had it though so towing wasn't on my mind.

I think you point out something rather important. The size difference between a 2001 F150, and a 2023 Ford Ranger is negligible. The F-150 was between 3,935 to 4,994. A 2023 Ford Ranger is between 4,145 to 4,441 lbs. People also often dont look at the physics involved. They will often think...

Yep that tow mode definitely makes a difference. I forgot to turn it on after fueling on my trip to see the eclipse earlier this month and could definitely tell I had forgotten. 600+ miles round trip and never felt like I needed more power, though I do drive sensibly. Kudos to you as well. I...

I would never come close to the GVWR. Our kit is the same kit we used out of the back (and roof) of a Subie Outback for tent car camping. We just want space for "US", and two dogs, not "stuff". I always find how people think breaking is massively different interesting. Let's assume that the...

Well for our needs that will be perfect. Insofar as experience, I will be building it before we make the purchase. My wife and I are very much about long term planning. So we got the Forest River Salem FSX 178bhsk since it was smaller and lighter, plus had a bunk house for a 5th grader and...

Right now I am 22'11" tip to tail. The longest of the top 3 of our options for the couples trailer replacement, in a few years, is 28.5. https://www.granddesignrv.com/travel-trailers/imagine-xls/23lde I have an email into Grand Design to see if that length is tip-tail or not. Your trailer...

Hey all. Right now I am towing a Forest River Salem FSX 178bhsk with zero problems., it's 23" long and max 5000lbs real weight, the GVWR of the trailer is ~5200. It tows this like a champ across the entire state of PA, over the Appalachians, etc. In a few years when our kid heads off to...

Yeah we haven't done any long trips yet. Next month we'll be going from Philadelphia to Erie for the eclipse, then Philadelphia to South Williamsport in May, and then Chincoteague in June. Everything else is going to be largely local. Maybe next year we'll go more than two states away. :)

Yes it is a bunkhouse, we have one 10year old. I think one of the things that helps us weight wise are two things. First I'm never going to be feeling that freshwater tank unless it's at a campground, I'm just too cheap to spend the gas the tow 40 gallons of water lol. We are also kind of...

Thanks!!! Weight for the trailer is 4194 dry and 5645 lbs GVWR. I can't ever see towing that max weight any real distance, even with the fresh water tank full I don't know where you come up with another 1500 lbs in a trailer this size. Right now I am guessing that I have 4500-4700ish that is...